| | abstinence  |
| fady | abstinence ~ abstinence, fasting, prohibition; unlawfulness, incest; anything tabooed. It often takes an accusative case, as: fady ahy izany. Faly is used in the provinces. [comp. Swa. fali, an omen.] |
| fady fotsy | abstinence (a pretended) ~ Pretended abstinence, indulgence without violating the strict letter of the prohibition. |
| faratra | abstinence (an) ~ abstinence prescribed by a doctor to convalescents; a preventive; regimen, as not to eat beef, not to go in the sun, etc. See <1fady#> |
